video. [ December 23rd, Early Morning]

[bearable]

[ the video clicks on and Teddie is somewhere, hiding and looking serious. He hasn't applied the filter, but he's sometimes not really quick enough to get that ]Everyone, I'm going to find out who killed that man, and I'll stop him! I need some help though! If you know anything, please tell me

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[video and Hyakeysmash filter forever]

[setasouji]

[ giohsidh TEDDIE. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH HE'S LOOKED FOR YOU? And yeah he's doing a filter even if Teddie doesn't. ]

Teddie! Where are you? [ URGENCY but then he knows he's not going to be swayed, so... ] Tell me so I can help you and that man.

[bearable]

[ Teddie actually smiles for the first time in a bit ]

I'm hiding somewhere near the edge of town. I'm trying to see if I can hear anything!

[setasouji]

[ Well at least Teddie is smiling... ]

Hear anything? Who're you spying on? [ Not the softest way of putting it, but the most accurate. ]

[bearable]

Well, not really spying, listening! I have to find out who killed him. I'm sure someone will know.

[ his voice lowers, as he leans in a bit ]

I think it was the Palermi, Sensei.

[setasouji]

[ Teddie leaning into the phone doesn't make it more private. He goes quiet, though doesn't stop moving in an attempt to locate the kid. ]

Why? What've you heard?

[bearable]

[ Yes is does, Sensei, you just haven't tried it! ]

Well, that guy. He was from the Mendolia. I remember seeing him when I was little. He shot me...

[ as Teddie speaks about it, his voice trails off and he kind of spaces out, thinking about what happened ]

[setasouji]

[ Why would I try it I know it doesn't work.

Silence again. Something did seem familiar about the man... ]

All right, I get it. I'm going to come find you, and we'll help him together, okay? I promised, after all.

[ Teddie's insistence to help the Mendolia will forever baffle him, while at the same time making absolute sense. Family is family. ]

[bearable]

I'm just past the town square, I'm hiding in a box...it's kind of comfy in here.

[ blinking he thinks for a minute ]

Sensei, what does it mean when 'dead people can't contribute to society'?

[setasouji]

A... box--

[setasouji]

[ Wait what, what kind of question is that!? ]

[setasouji]

Who told you that, Teddie?

[bearable]

A man named Izaya! He told me I had to get information for him to help the scientist.

[ he sounds very proud of his mission, too! ]

[setasouji]

[ Why does that sound familiar... ]

I... see. They can't directly contribute to society, due to the fact they aren't actively participating in it anymore. But some people leave things behind, and society remembers them through that. Like how people continue to read a deceased author's books, or how we still watch movies with actors who have died.

[ Or how a scientist's notes could still be used in experiments long after their death... ]

[bearable]

Oh...Well, hopefully he left his mark and people will remember him.

[ so innocent teddie ;;;]

[setasouji]

[ This is exactly why Souji is GOING TO FIND YOU, TEDDIE. ]

They might, but-- [ It's possible they'd remember him for all the wrong reasons? Saying that right now won't help anything, the way Teddie thinks. ] Mm. I'm sure someone will.

[bearable]

Oh, Sensei, what's a humanitarian?

[ Izaya said that word too ]